Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE Academy
General Information
- Address: Dauntsey Road, Great Somerford, Chippenham, SN15 5HS – View on map
- Phone: 01249720797
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Shaun Carter
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 3 families put it first for 3 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 12
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.4%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 58.7% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 74% moved to another school, 26% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Wiltshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Wiltshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 13% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 46 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 22%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 38% · Writing 13% · Maths 13% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 25%
- Average test scores: reading 96, maths 93
- Based on: 8 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
Year 6 SATs: 173rd of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- #171Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury25%
- #172St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes24%
- #173Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE Academy13%
- #174Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary School0%
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93rd of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #91Shaw CE Primary SchoolGood
- #92Shrewton CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #93Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE AcademyGood
- #94Southwick Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #95St Bartholomew's Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £2,222 (2024-25)
177th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #175Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School£2,345
- #176St Peter's CofE Academy£2,337
- #177Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE Academy£2,222
- #178Ridgeway Farm CofE Academy£2,173
- #179Princecroft Primary School£2,135
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